
This edition presents the full texts of Jonson's two most popular comedies, Volpone and The Alchemist and of his commonplace book Discoveries, his Conversations with William Drummond of Hawthornden, and all his non-dramatic poetry.

This edition presents the full texts of Jonson's two most popular comedies, Volpone and The Alchemist and of his commonplace book Discoveries, his Conversations with William Drummond of Hawthornden, and all his non-dramatic poetry.



Ben Jonson was one of the world's greatest literary minds. During the reign of James I his literary prestige was at its height, and, during his lifetime, Jonson's contemporary literary reputation rivalled, and perhaps surpassed, that of Shakespeare. Among his completed surviving...